Newsbeat is the flagship news programme on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra. Newsbeat is produced by BBC News but differs from the BBC's other news programmes in its remit to provide news tailored for a specifically younger audience.

Newsbeat is broadcast at 12:45 and 17:45 during the week on Radio 1, and at noon and 5pm on 1Xtra. Short bulletins are also heard throughout the day on both stations, on the half hour between 04:30 and 18:30, with extra bulletins broadcast at 07:00, 08:00, 17:00 and 22:00. During weekends, networked bulletins across both stations are broadcast on the half hour between 07:30 and 17:30.

Although unconfirmed by the BBC, it's widely thought that the name "Newsbeat" was taken from the Radio Caroline news service of the same name, as was the concept of short bulletins on the half hour. Caroline first used the name (and broadcast 1/2 hour headlines) in the 1960s.

Newsbeat was launched in 1973 in response to the launch of a network of commercial radio stations across the UK which supplied a news service very different from the style of traditional BBC News. The programme's first presenter was the Radio 1 DJ Ed "Stewpot" Stewart and he was succeeded by Laurie Mayer and Richard Skinner.